I loved their first album - one of the best country music albums in the last 25 years, in my opinion. They were hit or miss have that, with Ronnie Dunn's voice kind of grating on my nerves after awhile (much like the lead singer of Rascal Flatts is doing) but they definitely have some undeniable classics like "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "My Maria" and "If You See Her/If You See Him" with Reba.
Brooks & Dunn calls it quits after 20 years Best-selling country duo says it was ‘just time’ to part
The Associated Press updated 7:59 p.m. CT, Mon., Aug 10, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brooks & Dunn are done.
The best-selling country duo posted a message on its Web site Monday saying they've agreed to "call it a day" after 20 years of making music together.
"This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed ... We owe it all to you, the fans," Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn said in the message. "If you hear rumors, don't believe them, it's just time."
Brooks & Dunn will release a greatest-hits album on Sept. 8 and tour one last time in 2010.
The duo's many hits include "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Maria," "Red Dirt Road" and "Cowgirls Don't Cry" with Reba McEntire.
Their label, Arista Nashville, said the group has sold more than 30 million albums.
Brooks, 54, and Dunn, 56, were struggling solo artists when Arista's Tim DuBois urged them to join forces in 1990. Together they've scored 23 No. 1 hits.
They've recorded 10 studio albums, the latest 2007's "Cowboy Town."
The pair steeped themselves in the mythical West (their emblem is a sun-bleached steer's skull) and rode the charts with a driving honky-tonk sound. They took a turn with 2003's "Red Dirt Road" and often pay homage to their classic rock influences, including playing shows with the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top.
Brooks & Dunn won the Country Music Association's vocal duo of the year award every year between 1992 and 2006, except for 2000.
The CMA named them entertainer of the year in 1996.
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Posts: 1185 | Location: Chicago | Registered: December 13, 2002
I will miss Kix & Ronnie so much! I have only seen them one time and that was when they did the Neyland Stadium show with Kenny Chesney in Knoxville, TN six years ago, but they were awesome that night! (smiles)
I have so many favorites from them:
Ronnie "Boot Scootin' Boogie" (dance copy) "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "My Maria" (dance copy) "I Ain't Singing That Song No More" "Honky Tonk Truth" "Husbands And Wives" "How Long Gone" "Hurt Train" "Lucky Me, Lonely You" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What Its All About" "Its Getting Better All The Time" "Believe" "Hillbilly Deluxe" "God Must Be Busy"
Kix "You're Going To Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up For Nothing" "Why Would I Say Goodbye" "South of Santa Fe" "Temptation #9" "Can't Stop My Heart" "Don't Look Back Now" "Go West" "When She's Gone, She's Gone" "Deny, Deny, Deny" "I Fall" "What Kind of Love" "The Best of My Love" "Rough Boy" "Sunday Money"
So with them gone, the duo competition will be between Montgomery Gentry and Sugarland I guess. MG gets my vote. (smiles)
God bless you and them and B&D and Kenny always!!!
Holly
Posts: 440 | Location: East Tennessee | Registered: December 10, 2008
This duo was huge! So now it will be just Brooks and just Dunn.
WILLIAM PETERSEN: Well, this is a shock. The only explanation for this is that somehow in the last year, every one of you tried to act with rubber gloves and tweezers.
Posts: 6619 | Location: NY | Registered: December 01, 2002
